Officers posted in Olney to look for escaped inmate

Law enforcement officers were posted at the Ill. 130 and U.S. 50 intersection in Olney on Saturday as part of a search for a prisoner who escaped from a work crew in Crawford County.

According to a story from the Associated Press, the Illinois Department of Corrections said Jared Carter walked away around 11 a.m. Friday from a crew that was cutting grass on the grounds of the Robinson Correction Center. The crew was supervised and working outside the walls of the minimum security prison, about 110 miles southeast of Champaign near the Indiana border.

A DOC spokesman said authorities were searching the area around the prison with dogs and helicopters.

Carter is described as 6 feet tall and 210 pounds with close-cropped strawberry-blond hair and a long goatee. He has tattoos on his neck below his ears.

His prison-issued shirt and hat were recovered near the Crawford County line.